University of Washington, University of Central Oklahoma and Bates College earned the top spots in this season’s second USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I, II and III Polls, presented by Pocock Racing Shells.

Following a sweep of Washington State in the Apple Cup, the Huskies continued to lead the way in this week’s Division I poll, earning 20 first-place votes. University of California at Berkeley picked up the other five first-place votes to once again rank second. The Golden Bears won all 12 of their races at the Pac-12 Challenge this past weekend. University of Texas and Princeton University remained in the third and fourth positions, respectively, while The Ohio State University moved into fifth position.

Coming off a sweep of the Central Sprints, University of Central Oklahoma jumped into the top spot in this week’s Division II poll, earning four first-place votes. University of California at San Diego ranked second, followed by Florida Institute of Technology. Last week’s No. 1, Western Washington University, dropped into fourth position, while receiving the other first-place vote. Barry University rounded out the top five.

Bates College remained the unanimous top choice in this week’s Division III poll, earning all 10 first-place votes. Bates accumulated an 8-2 mark this weekend against Simmons College and lightweight crews from Radcliffe, MIT and Georgetown. Wesleyan University ranked second, followed by Williams College, Ithaca College and Hamilton College.

Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings

Rank

Team (First Place Votes)

Votes

Prior Ranking

1

University of Washington (20)

496

1

2

University of California, Berkeley (5)

470

2

3

University of Texas

405

3

4

Princeton University

394

4

5

The Ohio State University

389

6

6

University of Michigan

359

5

7t

Yale University

337

7

7t

Stanford University

337

10

9

Brown University

322

8

10

University of Virginia

321

9

11

University of Iowa

228

17

12

University of Wisconsin

218

11

13

Harvard University

172

16

14

University of Southern California

155

12

15

Washington State University

137

13

16

Indiana University

116

15

17

Syracuse University

92

14

18

Michigan State University

75

18

19

Dartmouth College

63

NR

20

University of Oklahoma

41

19

Other Receiving Votes in Alphabetical Order: University of Louisville (35), University of Minnesota (35), Duke University (17), University of California at Los Angeles (10), University of Notre Dame (8), University of Pennsylvania (8), Oregon State University (5), Clemson University (2), Gonzaga University (1), Rutgers University (1), and University of Central Florida (1)

Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings

Rank

Team (First Place Votes)

Votes

Prior Ranking

1

University of Central Oklahoma (4)

179

5

2

University of California San Diego

138

2

3

Florida Institute of Technology

134

3

4

Western Washington University (1)

130

1

5

Barry University

116

4

6

Humboldt State University

98

6

7

Seattle Pacific University

56

7

8

Nova Southeastern University

25

8

Other Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst University (22) and Jefferson University (2)

Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings

Rank

Team (First Place Votes)

Votes

Prior Ranking

1

Bates College (10)

150

1

2

Wesleyan University

140

2

3

Williams College

129

3

4

Ithaca College

121

4

5

Hamilton College

100

6

6

Rochester institute of Technology

96

5

7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

88

7

8

Tufts University

72

8

9

Wellesley College

64

9

10

William Smith College

63

10

11

Pacific Lutheran University

46

11

12

Washington College

45

12

13

University of Puget Sound

44

13

14

Colby College

24

14

15

St. Lawrence University

11

15

Other Receiving Votes: Smith College (5), Franklin & Marshall College (1), and Lewis and Clark College (1)